The Poor Artist’s Cupboard by Charles Bird King, circa 1815.
The Poor Artist’s Cupboard by Charles Bird King, circa 1815
Books in Art: The Poor Artist’s Cupboard by Charles Bird King
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Tag Archives: Paintings
Writers in Art: Vsevolod Garshin
Vsevolod Garshin by Ilya Repin.
Vsevolod Garshin by Ilya Repin
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Gustav Klimt/Woody Guthrie
Nixen (Silberfische), c. 1899, by Gustav Klimt (born 14 July 1862)
“I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that.”-Woody Guthrie (born 14 July 1912)
Happy Fourth of July, America!
The Rocket by Edward Middleton Manigault, 1909. From the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art.
Writers in Art: George Sand*
George Sand by Eugene Delacroix, 1838.
George Sand by Eugene Delacroix, 1838.
*Today is George Sand’s birthday. She was born on 1 July 1804.
Writers in Art: Natalie Clifford Barney
Natalie in Fur Cape by the writer’s mother, artist Alice Pike Barney.
Natalie in Fur Cape by Alice Pike Barney
Writers in Art: Anton Chekhov by Osip Braz
Anton Chekhov, 1898, by Osip Braz.
Books in Art: Last Chapter by Robert Martineau
Last Chapter by Robert Martineau, 1863
Writers in Art: Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev
Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev, 1923.
The Well-Groomed Samuel Pepys Died 310 Years Ago Today
The well-groomed Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. He was seventy.
Samuel Pepys, 1666.
QUOTE: “But me thought is lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.”
KNOWN FOR: His incredibly diary.
A KEEPSAKE:
Samuel Pepys’ Diary at Lady Frans Library. $19.00
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